Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): To decongest prisons in wake of COVID-19, Punjab is giving parole to 6000 prisoners from jails across the state, these are prisoners who were sentenced to less than seven years in prison, said Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Punjab Jail Minister on Thurs
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in jails, the Haryana government has decided to release convicted prisoners with up to seven years of sentence on parole or bail.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 24 (ANI): The Bangladesh government on Tuesday announced that it will suspend the jail sentence of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and release her for a period of six months.
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 23 (ANI): Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who was sentenced to 23 years in a New York state prison on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape has tested positive for COVID-19, in prison according to local media.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): A special PMLA court in Ranchi on Saturday convicted former Jharkhand Minister Anosh Ekka in connection with a money laundering case to the tune of Rs 20.31 crore.
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, who were hanged in Tihar jail early morning on Friday, did not take a bath and also skipped their breakfast, the last meal, before the execution of sentence.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] March 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): It is no longer a death sentence for patients with both kidneys and liver or kidneys and pancreas failure. A dual transplant is possible, and the patient can resume a near-normal life.
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 19 (ANI): Almost a week after being sentenced to 23 years in prison on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape, senior former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a maximum-security prison in New York State.
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): One of the convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, Mukesh, on Wednesday moved Delhi High Court challenging trial court order dismissing his plea seeking quashing of death penalty, claiming that he was not in Delhi when the gangrape incident took pla
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): A District Court here on Monday awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2018.
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Three of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on Friday convicted Sri Lankan national Arun Selvarajan for all the charges and sentenced him to five years of rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 20,000 in connection with Thameem Ansari